Dissent on Israel Not Permitted at Bernie Sanders Event
A sign with a question about Palestine got students ejected from a Sanders campaign rally.
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A sign with a question about Palestine got students ejected from a Sanders campaign rally.
Does anyone believe that college and post-graduate students should be able to express only those ideas about Israel that Dianne Feinstein and her war-profiteering husband deem acceptable? The power duo is attempting to impose exactly those rules.
Steven Salaita, whose contract for tenured professorship was abruptly terminated by the University of Illinois last September for tweets critical of Israel, filed a federal lawsuit seeking reinstatement and damages and alleging violations of free speech and due process rights.
Social media is increasingly targeted for police control, repression and punishment.
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